Cirrus Data Solutions Leads Enterprise Data Migration Market

Channel Partners Doubled with Revenue Growth of Over 122% and
Expanded Geographically in Europe and Asia

February 21, 2017 10:27 AM Eastern Standard Time

SYOSSET, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cirrus Data Solutions (CDS), the market leader in storage area network
(SAN) data migration, data acceleration, and data protection technology,
today announced historic 2016 achievements in the enterprise data
migration market. CDS significantly strengthened its market leadership
with channel revenue growth of more than 122 percent for the year ended
December 31, 2016. Furthermore, the Company launched a new channel
partner program designed to drive significant revenue growth, expanded
its presence in Europe and Asia, and unveiled 4.0 version of its Data
Migration Server (DMS).

“Cirrus Data’s success in 2016 reflects the value we provide to
customers – fast, secure, and non-disruptive data migration,” said Wayne
Lam, Chief Executive Officer, Cirrus Data Solutions. “For many
businesses, data is their most valuable asset. CDS ensures this critical
asset is protected from cybercriminals and simple human error during
data storage migrations. Today, CDS is continuing to support its global
partners and customers-with technology, innovation, strategic
partnerships, and scalable operational support which we believe will
fuel our growth in 2017.”

In 2016, CDS made significant investments in developing and launching
its channel partner program by bolstering the field sales and marketing
teams with new seasoned executives, more than doubling the number of
certified channel partners, and by implementing a new channel partner
program designed to drive rapid revenue growth. Through these
investments, CDS has grown its revenue and customer base, and is now
poised for further expansion across all geographies.

To further capitalize on the migration market opportunity, Cirrus Data
launched a new channel partner tier, “Qualified Services Partner,” at
the beginning of 2017. The new Qualified Services Partner tier is
focused solely on channel partners who will deliver non-competing data
migration services for CDS partners who need migration services
capabilities for their clients. This tier is by invitation only and
includes Headwaters Group, Norwin Technologies, and HelioStor in the UK.

2016 Milestones:

Achieved FY 2016 revenue growth of more than 122 percent

Established the Data Migration Accelerator Partner Program and doubled
the number of certified channel partners

Unveiled multiple strategic product milestones with the release of the
DMS version 4.0 including:

Automated destination disk allocation and provisioning,

Live data migrations,

Workload logical cut-over without downtime, and

High availability DMS hardware configurations that use only 2U of
rack space.

Expanded the company's IP portfolio to include seven issued patents.

Strengthened the executive management team with the addition of Ron
Croce, Vice President of Worldwide Sales and Marketing.

Bolstered the worldwide sales and marketing team with multiple new
regional leaders in North America, EMEA and APAC.

Finally, Cirrus Data was proud to announce it started 2017 with Ron
Croce, Vice President of Worldwide Sales and Marketing being named as a
CRN Channel Chief. The award recognizes Ron and his team’s achievement
in building a successful global channel partner program that is enabling
the company to achieve a market leading position.

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Solutions on Twitter @CirrusDataUSA.

About Cirrus Data

Cirrus Data Solutions Inc. (CDS) is a leading technology provider of
next-generation solutions for data migration, data acceleration, and
data protection. The company distributes its solutions through systems
integrators, managed service providers, channel resellers, and partners
including HPE, IBM, Dell/EMC, Datalink, Pure Storage, Infinidat, Align,
SHI, CDI, Computacenter, Mainline, Sirius, WWT and many others. CDS is
headquartered in Syosset, New York and has offices located in
Versailles, France, and Jiangsu Sheng, China with sales and support
offices in Boston, Chicago, and Denver. For more information, visit CDS
online at www.cdsi.us.com.